As the 67th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approach, an American poet and other artists are calling on people to make sure such devastating events never happen again.
The recently interviewed artists are also looking for ways to help those affected by the Fukushima crisis because the nature of the two events lies in the same technology — nuclear power.
Arthur Binard, a poet from the United States, published a Japanese photo book in July featuring keepsakes from the hibakusha from Hiroshima.